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COARSE ENTERTAINMENT. Virginia Sargent. I went to the circus for the first time the other day. I broke one of my scruples about going to such things, but I wanted to be able to say to those indifferent to animal suffering that I had witnessed some of the cruelties described' in humane jour nals. The examples I saw in this, sup posed to be one of the richest and best circuses, fully convinced me that the journals were not over sen timental. / Of course the wild animal acts distressed me most. Being at one end of the tent I could not see the whole display, but I saw fair .samples. The girl with th? leopards and the man with the "wonderful" troupe of lions seemed to be hugely enjoyed by the unthinking and uncaring crowd. Driven from their wagon cages to that of the arena, they were con stantly subjected to the crack and lash of the whip. For the lions there were also the iron fork and blank cartridges. One poor lion was infu riated (whether purposely or not, I can't say) and he roared, struck at the pronged fork, and at last, by the .bravery (?) of the trainer was cow ered by -a mere box! Thereupon^ coarse cheer rose from the throng. I caught glimpses of bears riding bicycles and rolling on balls. The Mg elephants looked thin to me. They performed several lumbering tricks. The horses and dogs, while appearing in good condition, were put through acts, a great many, of which entailed * ' their maintaining uncomfortable and precarious positions for a number of minutes. One dog, I recall; had to stand balanced cn a slender rope with a ball on his nose; a white char iot rolling by had four dogs keeping their footing inside the broad rims of the turning wheels, and two wolf hounds were compelled to follow this turnout walking on their hind legs, and at intervals touching with front paws the wheels, in order to keep their balance. A wild west round up was scheduled as a side show, but as I had my heart's scald of that in a government movie, I saw one time,I did-not stay. Space prevents any more than just these few remarks, though much might be said. * Besides the brutality to the dumb beasts in performing, in close con finement, and.in ceaseless traveling, there was evident the moral empti ness, or, to put it very mildly, a lack in certain morals, of being en " tertained with the stunts of bespang led, slightly clad acrobats and mirth provoking acts of clowns. I thought of the lack in so many young lives of these latter, and of the many of them , who, if started in life with the . ideal' of something worth while, might render real service to the world. I came away heart-sick and disgus ted more than ever with the mass of, my fellow kind. Oh, for the day when human beings will be too busy carry ing out noble aims to demand amuse ment in ridiculous and ^hazardous stunts of their fellows, human and dumb, when the minds of the rising generation will have fit food for de velopment. But there i* an army of human beings, though at times it may .seem small in comparison with the . great need, who have noble aims, and part of it, through the Jack London > club is striving to impress upon the public the wrong of trained animal .acts, and how it is the duty of e^ery theater goer at least, to help abolish these by leaving a place where such; .are held, or better still, by refusing tb buy tickets for performances inj which they are included. The man-j .agement cannot escape being affect ed, by such refusals and must even tually see what the trouble is. But everyone must do his part. Let us not delay longer for the sake of those whose wordless pleas should smite upon every heart.-Dumb An imals. PROHIBITION MAKING AMERICA SAFE FOR MOTHERHOOD AND f-?-- CHILDHOOD. "Dry America is the greatest coun try in the world in whichvto produce and re?r children. - Prohibition is ma king America safe for mother-hood and childhood. The Anglo-Saxon race on this side of the Atlantic and including dry Canada, bids fair to leave the race on the other side far -behind as, regards sound, healthy well developed childhood. The eco nomic effects of this inheritance of sound health will be seen in the near future. If Great Brittain does not follow the lead of the United States and Canada in banishing- the racial poison, alcohol, it will face in evitable decadence. A drugged Hon cannot compete with a sober Eagle."-Dr. C. W. Sa .leeby of London, WHY BOYS AND GIRLS GO "~WRONG. By Judge Ben D. Lindsay. Of course boys and men largely responsible for the troul of girls. And in spite of the t home training, you find boys i girls going wrong; but do not for that that is always the exceptio case; and where one boy or girl fr a good home goes wrong, there more than a hundred) who do not f wrong. In fact, the great majority of b and girls in this country are wh< some, pure and honest; and gr majority of homes are good Amerh homes producing the noblest citiz ship the world ever saw. I am an optimist, and believe t ter things are better; but you ca keep them better unless you k< up the eternal fight that the ri| must wage against the evil; and wh crime is increasing; it must be membered at the same time tl good citizenship is increasing. M boys, like most men, are hone but I do say that there is a fear amount of depravity among 1 children of the cities of this count] and I don't blame the children at a I blame the parents, the men a women of the city officials. The aie many who are not to blame, I there are many who are. ,* Of course I will not.be misundi stood. The average boy and girl w goes wrong deserves to be firn dealt with and I have 3ent many the older ones to jail and many them to reformatories; and do ii hesitate to. do so in proper casi They must suffer for wrong doii and they must be able to know th after all, they are themselves i sponsible for what they do. The point I make is that they least deserve a square deal; for o pfortunity, environment, example, ai everything in the life of an indivi ual, and the boy or girl who do right may have been even worse thi the boy or girl who does wrong, these conditions had been revised their lives; and while character ci sometimes lift the individual abo1 environment, we cannot judge thei children with charity and justice ui less we take all these things into coi sideration. Onej. of the chief cause-? of di honesly among boys and immoralil among girls is the fact that the new papers teem with such stories, do not mean by this to blame ti newspapers, as some people do. Th newspapers publish what the peop! do and what the people want 1 know, and the fault, if there be fault, mustie charged up to the pee pie themselves/ to the public sent ment of the times, which mus change if other things change. Boys and girls read about th graft and dishonesty among peopl in the supposedly higher walks o life and the example is a powerfv thing for evil in their lives. Childre become calloused more or less to vice and get really false notions, becaus what they read in the papers is afte all the exceptional or special condi tion. I believe that the messenger ser vice is one of the greatest corrupt ers of boys. There are many pure, hon' st girli in the department stores, and w< dislike to speak of the dangers en "countered here, because we have such a high respect for the manj good, pure girls who courageouslj lead a noble life under all kinds cd trials and temptations; but no one knows better than these very girls the temptations they endure, and how m?ny of their sisters fall. There are certain young scoun drels in every community who go about seeking whom they may devour and who lead many girls astray; and young rascals of this kind should be hunted down and shown no ' mercy. They have, no respect for virtue or womanhood. .r . . Anoth?r (prolific cause of the downfall of young girls is their going to theaters and public dances with out chaperones or, in fact, going at all at a tender age to some of these places; visiting girl friends of ques tionable character, especially in rooming houses or outside the fam ily circle. After all the lack of companion ship between mother and daughter and the lack of training a girl in that maidenly modesty which is her chief protection from scoundrels, are also causes for the downfall of thousands upon thousands of girls in the cities of this country. If the number were reaHy known, I am sure it would be startling. The truth is that the public, like many parents and teachers, do not -really know the fact, and from one standpoint it may be just as well they do not know, but from another standpoint it is very important that the facts should be known, for there is nothing to be gained by permit ting sores, ^to fester under cover However disagreeable it is to deal with filth and garbage, the whole city would suffer in the end if it is neglected. But it can only be re moved and cared for in the proper way. y No girl's trouble or any troubles affecting the morals of the youth of the city should be aired and written about m the newspapers any more than the garbage wagon, which is absolutely necessary to the health of the community, should perform its functions in the open streets at times when they are most needed. Perhaps an occasional jolt to the community is necessary to let them know that evil is getting in its work, and they must be up and doing, to overcome evil with good. NOTICE ! Concordia Lodge No. 50, A! F. M. will j hereafter hold its tegular communica tion on the SECOND MONDAY night of each month in stead of Friday night as heretofore. All members are kindly requested to observe the change and be pres ent accordingly. J. H. CANTELOU, W. M. Edgefield, S. C., August 1, 1921. Eyes scientifically examined and I glasses properly fitted. ; GEO. F. MIMS, Optometrist-Optician, Edgefield, S. C. NOTICE. We having organized the Edge?eid National Farm Loan Association in I connection with the Federal Land Bank, I shall be glad to file your ap plication for a loan. J. H. CANTELOU, Secretary-Treasurer. Edgefield, S. C. J. S. BYRD * Dental Surgeon Office Over Store of Quarles & Timmerman Office Phone No. 3 Residence Phone 87 THE CONFEDDERATE COLLEGE No. 62 Broad Street CHARLESTON, S. C. A BOARDING and DAY School for Girls. Begins its session Septem ber 27, 1921. Historic institution sit uated in a healthy location. Advantage of city life with large college yard for outdoor sports. A WELL PLANNED COURSE of stud ies in a homelike atmosphere. A BUSINESS COURSE open to Seniors and Elective courses to Ju niors and Seniors. 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